The Best Blues

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Mannish Boy
recording of:
Mannish Boy
writer:
Ellas McDaniel (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer), Mel London and McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
publisher:
Bug Music Ltd. and Tristan Music Ltd.
part of:
Risky Business (film soundtrack)
Muddy Waters2:56
2Howlin' for My Baby
recording of:
Howlin’ for My Baby
composer:
Willie Dixon
Howlin’ Wolf2:56
3Holy Cow
Lee Dorsey2:31
4It Hurts Me So
recording of:
It Hurts Me Too
lyricist and composer:
Elmore James and Mel London
writer:
Kevin Moore
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Lonmel Publishing (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Rhinelander Music Inc. and Mo’ Than Jus’ Music (in 2000)
Elmore James3:04
5Dimples
John Lee Hooker2:13
6Shame, Shame, Shame
recording of:
Shame, Shame, Shame
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician)
publisher:
Tristan Music Ltd.
Jimmy Reed2:48
7Cotton Crop Blues
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
recording of:
Cotton Crop Blues
lyricist and composer:
James Cotton (US blues harmonica player, singer & songwriter)
James Cotton3:02
8West Winds Are Blowing
Walter Horton3:05
9Working in a Coalmine
Lee Dorsey2:49
10Get Out of My Life Woman
cover recording of:
Get Out of My Life, Woman
lyricist and composer:
Allen Toussaint
publisher:
Ardmore and Beechwood Ltd. and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
Albert King3:40
11I'm Gonna Love You
Eddie Taylor1:57
12I Ain't Got You
Billy Boy Arnold2:13
13Messin' Arround
Memphis Slim3:07
14I Can't Stop
Otis Rush32:14
15Ten Years Ago
Buddy Guy2:38
16Chicago Bound
Jimmie Rodgers2:44
17Dust My Broom
recording of:
Dust My Broom
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
lyricist and composer:
Elmore James
publisher:
ARC Music (world and ethnic music label), Flair Publishing and MPCA King of Spades
version of:
I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom
Elmore James2:54
18I Wish You Would
Billy Boy Arnold2:20
19Open Me Up Baby
George “Wild Child” Butler2:45
20My Back Scratcher
Frank Frost2:32
21Thug
Lowell Fulson3:28
22Leave My Baby Alone
Johnny Winter2:46
23Mystery Train
Junior Parker2:23